Jicotea en Estados Unidos: Lydia Cabrera y el puente antropomórfico a la diáspora cubana.
The corpus of writer Lydia Cabrera (Havana, 1899–Miami, 1991) has been approached from various angles, particularly with a focus on one of her recurring protagonists, Jicotea. Inspired by the Trachemys decussata , a small turtle native to Cuba, Jicotea's shifting identity—moral and physical—has been...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic Review Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 627 - 651 |
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Autumn2025
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